Let's live the nationalism! If you did associate this issue with Berlusconi alone, you were wrong. Berlusconi has privatized Alitalia and nationalized its debts (look at the source of money for so called "Bad Company"). Now Berlusconi happens to be stripped of power, but the opera buffa's continuation is still defined as a top priority. The "new" Alitalia had to be different and it's a private enterprise now, but it doesn't matter, the carrier will most probably be injected public money again. New bank loans will be guaranteed, while the Italian government, itself cash-strapped, will do everything to persuade some Italian companies to provide even more funding. Even Ferrovie dello Stato, the state railways, will give Alitalia money to obfuscate any direct help. Most probably the Italian post will be obliged to do the same. Just to save the airline and to keep it Italian. The farce is set to continue.